He went on to star in various well-known Broadway plays, including Elmer Gantry (1928), Processional (1928), Subway Express (1929), Two Seconds (1931), Life Begins (1932) and The Willow and I (1942).

[1] Pawley's rich, baritone voice was hailed by leading journalists of the day, including Walter Winchell and Heywood Hale Broun.

Winchell wrote that Pawley received a standing ovation after his opening night performance in the 1931 play Two Seconds.

Hughes also acted in some Broadway plays and was Pawley's best man at his wedding in 1922 to stage actress Martina May Martin.

He played opposite Lucille Wall in the radio soap opera Portia Faces Life as "Love Story Boy and Girl.

Wilson's sidekick on Big Town was "girl reporter" Lorelei Kilbourne, played by Fran Carlon.

Pawley had performed with Robinson in 1926 in a comedy play titled "The Stolen Lady" at "Werba's Brooklyn Theater".

During Pawley's eight-year reign, Big Town achieved the number one rating for reporter-type radio drama shows.

Pawley left Big Town in 1951 and retired near the small village of Amissville in rural Rappahannock County, Virginia.

He raised and sold championship goats, wrote poetry and was a part-time announcer at local radio station WCVA in Culpeper, Virginia.